Corselet



H. DUBNER CORSELET Aug. 17, 1937.

Filed March 25, 1936 Patented Aug. 17, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICECORSELET This invention relates to devices such as foundation garments,with special reference to corselets, girdles and the like.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed, having inner belt means arranged in an improved manner so asto prevent upward bulging of the wearers flesh at the brassiere of thedevice, and also to hold the abdominal region flat to a greater degreethan was heretofore possible with comfort to the wearer.

An important observation is that in corpulent women the excessive fleshmust ordinarily be permitted to bulge upward at the bust or else tobulge outward at the abdominal region to obtain a distribution of theflesh under tight corset or girdle pressure and without permitting theexcess flesh to move or float about. By my invention, the bulging atboth abdominal and bust regions is prevented and the excess fleshnevertheless tightly anchored to maintain a required shape or form ofthe wearers body.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the nature setforth having improved 25 means to facilitate the application of combinedcorselet and belt pressures or tensions in a comfortable manner, andpreferably to permit adjustment of the excess flesh before the fullpressure has been applied. 30 Another object of the invention is tofurnish a device of the type mentioned having improved means whereby thebelt is adapted to cooperate with the br'assire in affordingsupplemental bust holding or pocket portions therefor arranged in agenerally continuous manner with the brassiere and having preferablyconstrained movability relative thereto to snugly yieldingly clamp thelower part of a large bust.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the classalluded to wherein the bust holding belt portions cooperate with anadjustable means for varying the tension thereon independently of thatof the brassiere and so to avoid distortion of the latter.

Another object of the invention is to construct a device of thecharacter described having a belt provided with stifiening means forboning for holding the abdominal region flat and the belt being soexpandible or adjustable that, for busts of large sizes resulting inincreased length of the belt, the boning moves toward the center andaway from the bust region to avoid discomfort to the tender bustportions.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of the natureset forth having New York, N. Y.

1936, Serial No. 70,363

relatively few and simple parts and which is inexpensive to manufactureand assemble, convenient to apply, durable, reliable and eflicient inuse.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent asthe specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novelcombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in theirpreferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, andillustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated bythe same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure l is an inside View in elevation in open position with partsremoved, showing a device embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a View in front elevation of the device in closed position.

Fig. 5 is an inside diagrammatic view in elevation of a modified form ofthe invention.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized whenall of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and thesame structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less thanthe whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the inventionappertains, that the same may be incorporated in several difierentconstructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merelyas showing the preferred exemplification of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, Ill denotes a device embodying theinvention. The same may include a foundation garment such as a corselet,girdle or the like. The same may include a front section I2 and a backsection l3 continuous or interconnected with each other at one side andopen at an opposite side to provide free edges 14, I5 respectively.These free edges may be interconnected by releasable fastening means IEto cause the garment to snugly encircle the bust, waist and abdominalregions of the wearers body.

Connected to the garment ll along an upper edge thereof is a brassiereI! which may include spaced pockets I8 for receiving the bust of thewearer. The pocket portions may consist of any suitable fabric,preferably of an ornamental type,

I duce the requisite fullness.

and may comprise sections sewn together to pro- The securement of thebrassire to the front garment section may be effected along the linesis, and to the back section along the line 28, although the adjacentportion of the back section 13 may be regarded as a part of thebrassiere.

The garment ii may be built up of pieces of material sewn together asalong lines 2| in any suitable manner; The front-section-l-2-- may cludegores 22 at the lower portion'of the garment. The back section i-i mayinclude an upright elastic insert or gore 23 in relative proximity gtOthe free edge l5 thereof, and may have a go E i at the top center of theback section. front section of the garment may have an elastie uprightinsert or gore 23;; like that s h wn at 23, and extending along theclosed side edge of the garment. An elastic shoulder band-Zimay, beprovided for one side of the garment and'a companion elastic shoulderband 'ZBfof' the-"other shoulder at the open side of the garment.Elastic hose straps 2? may be connected'to the bottom of the backsection, and companion elastic hose straps 28 may be connected to thefront garment section and to an internal belt which will now bedescribed. In this manner the garment, when secured by the fasteningelements l6 and held by the shoulder and hose straps is reliablyanchored against movement on the bodyof the wearer. To further assurerigidity, the back section may have spaced upright stiffening elementsor bon'inglfl. The device it] may includea supplemental'prea sure ortension applying portion such as a'belt til, which is intended to exerta's'ubstantial'part of the pressure for holding down'the excessiveflesh. Since the excessfiesh 'occurs "mainly at the front of the wearersbody, and must. be kept in check in seated as wellas instanding'position, the flesh clamping action must beaccomplished in sucha manner thatperfect smoothness in the front contour must be maintained1 Hence the belt 3% is used to exert a considerable depressing stress,where as'the garment itself exerts a supplemental evening up pressure.Hence, generally speaking, there'tmust beg'relative movability betweenthe garment and 'belt for independent pressure application,zzandnevertheless the garment and belt i'must'. b'e-suitably interconnectedto restrict relative shiftingmovement.

From another point of View, thebelt and ear.- ment are adapted to exertsubstantially; equal tension about the wearers body, or thetension ofthe belt may be somewhat greater than thatof the garment. By. providingthe belt withufree. end or flap sections, the belt maybetensioninglysecured before the garment, so that the excess flesh must be adjustedand the" beltshifted'for maximum efficiency and comfort," afterwhich-the garment is secured to apply *additionalpressure and to holdthe flesh in the required position. In other words, the beltandigarment'are :individually secured, or at least portions of thefgarmentare secured after interconnection of.;the belt. To prevent upwardbulging'of the ;fiesh:at the bust, over the belt, the latter is securedto the garment at the brassire as at 3i. Such' securement, with theupper edge of the'belt being immediately under the brassiere, requirescareful adjustment of the belt especiallyfor largefdepending busts.Hence, again, theimpor'tance of -in'di- Thus I have provided acoordination as between a device having individually tensioned belt andgarment portions, and the interconnection of belt and garment at thebrassire to provide a continuous adjustable holding structureparticularly at the bust to facilitate the application of an initialpressure before the final pressure is applied.

The structure and arrangement of garment and belt will now be describedin detail. The belt 30 may include a front section 32 and a back section33.1 former may have an extension S iconnected by an upright line ofstitching 35 to the garment at the closed side thereof, as at the-backThe opposite edge 36 of the front section may be free, and the frontbelt sectiommdilybc connected to the garment as by one or more uprightlines of stitching, such as the line of'stitching 3?. The latter is inrelative proximity to the free edge 36 to provide a flap like endportion 38. The back belt section 33 isconnected to menace garmentsection by a line of stitching s9 and has" a free edge 49. Releasablefastening means ll may interconnect the front and back belt portions 32,33 at the open side of the garment. a

' Theportion of the front belt section 32 intermediate of the lines ofstitching 35, 31 may comprise uprightextending elastic insert or gore5-2, suitably positioned preferably in relative proximity to the line'of stitching 35. It is thus seen that both the garment and belt each comprise'two sections of elastic material for causing substantially equaltensioning of the belt and garfnent. Since the elastic portion 23 isinoperative whenthe belt alone has been'secured about the 1 tion betweenlines of stitching S5, 37 than 'ofthe.

For example; the 7 corresponding belt portion. I front garment portionmay be gathered as at 4.3 for this purpose. f The fullness 'of' thefront gather-at it, may be sufficient so that on interconnecting thebe1t,the gore 23a'is not tensioned but is tensioned only on securing thegarment at it} causing a tension in the gores 38, 42. Or the fullnessmay be'reduced to cause a tension in the gore 23a, upon fastening thebelt, the initial botiy' tens'ion being thus increased because the gore23d supplements the gores 38, 42. Then when th'ega-rment is'fastened,the gore 23 is tensioned and the tension on the other gores isincreased. The first action appears to be preferable. The frontbeltsection may also include 'gores 44 disposed immediately under thebrassiere "pockets and cooperating therewith to hold and support thebust. These g'ores 44 are desirably connected to the front garmentsection as by a loosestitching or lacing M, to thus afford a continuousbust holding structure and to permit 'ex-pansibility of the gores 44.

I'hefrontsection of the belt or garment may have stiffening means,preferably in the belt, and

including spaced elements or boning 45 extending centrally of the frontbelt section, desirably toa-point between the 'brassire pockets. If re-The split portions may be smooth and flat, and the lacing may be set toa required bust size.

' In proportion as the bust is large, the gores 44 garment section; or

are correspondingly stretched, permitting the boning elements 45 to movetoward each other and hence away from the comfort by pressure of theboning. It will also be noted that when the belt is secured to thewearer, the brassiere is directly engaged over the bust before thegarment itself is secured around the wearer. When the garment is securedaround the body, the abdominal region is drawn in flat and upwardshifting of the flesh to the bust prevented. It will be appreciated thatthe belt might be made as a complete structure to be connected to thegarment at 35, 31 and 39.

In Fig. is shown a modified device 50 embodying the invention, and whichis in all respects similar to the device In, except the front beltsection 5!, corresponding to that shown at 32, is not connected to thefront garment section 52 by any stitching such as at 31. Further thecentral portion 53 of the front belt section is continuously connectedby lines of stitching 54 to the front garment section at the lower edgeof the brassiere. Except for the lines of stitching 54, 55, the frontbelt section is substantially wholly free of the front garment section.The front garment section has fullness or a greater length between thestitching 54 and 55 than the front belt section. Since the stitching 54extends into proximity to the elastic portion 38, it may thus combinethe functions of the lines of stitching 3|, 31. full support is affordedat the bust, and yet the diaphragm region is drawn in flat by the freearea of the belt.

I claim:

1. A device including a foundation garment comprising front, side andrear members, one of the side members being openable and having closuremeans for securing the garment around the one upright and openable sidemembers, releasable closure means for securing the inner belt around theWearers body, the central portions 5 of the upper edge of the frontmember being connected to the adjacent portion of the uper edge of thebelt, a, brassiere having its lower edge connected to the foundationgarment at the upper edge thereof, the belt having upright elasticsections disposed on opposite sides of the central top connection forthe belt, said upright elastic sections extending operatively to the topedge of the belt, the foundation garment having a fullness intermediateof the top and side connections for the belt, said belt being otherwisefreely movable, throughout, relative to the foundation garfullnesspermitting the belt to be tensioned around the wearer than forcorrespondingly greater compression of the bust and the upper edgeconnections for the belt permitting the lower portions of the bust to beuniformly flattened into the body.

2. A device including a foundation garment comprising front, side andrear members, one of the side members being openable and having closuremeans for securing the garment around the wearer, an inner beltconnected along one upright edge to the other of the side membersremotely from the front member, said inner belt extending along thefront and openable side members, releasable closure means for securingthe inner belt around the wearers body, the central portions of theupper edge of the front adjacent portion of the upper edge of the belt,a brassiere having its lower edge connected to the foundation garment atthe upper edge thereof, the belt having upright elastic sectionsdisposed at opposite sides of the central top connection for the belt,said upright elastic sections extending operatively to the top edge ofthe belt, the foundation garment having a fullness intermediate of thetop and side connections for the belt, said belt being otherwise freelymovable, throughout, relative to the foundation garment, said belthaving boning therein extendingdownward from the region of the topconnection of the belt, whereby the boning is fixed with relation to thebrassire of the overlying garment.

HANNAH DUBNER.

